Availability Remarks: Postpartum overnights I require each shift will be 8-10h, no more than 3 days a week.
Birth Fee
$1200 to $1700
Postpartum Rate
$30 to $55
Birth Doula Experience
5 years and 50 births attended
Postpartum Doula Experience
3 years and 12 families served
Doula Training
Apprenticeship with midwife, community elder or formal preceptor, May 2019
Type of practice: Solo practice
Clients per month: 0 to 2 births and 0 to 4 postpartum families
Postpartum limits/restrictions: 4-6 hours day time shift 8-10 overnight shift
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Some Home Births I am a student midwife so I can’t attend births where I will be working as a student.
College Education
BA/BS
Special Services Offered
Abortion support
Acupressure
Antepartum doula support
Baby-led weaning
Belly binding
Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
Cloth diapering education
First Aid and CPR
Full spectrum doula services
Lactation consultant/counselor services
LGBTQIA+ Support
Military families support
Miscarriage support
Monitrice services
Mother blessing celebrations
Newborn care and parenting classes
Newborn care specialist
Parenting consulting
Perinatal wellness coach
Placenta encapsulation
Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
Sleep educator
Sleep support consulting
Stillbirth and infant loss support
Twins and multiples birth support
Twins and multiples postpartum support
Vaginal steam/peristeam services
Virtual and remote doula support
Fee Details
I have 3 different birth packages starting at 1400 & offer sliding scale discounts so doula care isn’t cost prohibitive. You can also request me through Hope’s Embrace.
Service Area
Richmond, KY 1 hour for births, 2 hours for overnights
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